I actually have to a few people - But the big rebuttal seems to be ‘why would I switch from [big social media with “large reach” and near infinite content] to this?’
If they don’t really grasp at the main appeal of the fediverse, which is that its not owned by corporations, then they likely will not move over. (and of course, most of their friends are on [big social media])
unless you’re branding your posts here with your real name and trying to monetize it, you’re not really using social media in the way most folks mean it in 2026.
social media is when it’s tied to your real life identity and your body, it’s not anonymous posting on forums or message boards, which lemmy is more in the vein of.
I don’t think anyone would regard my posts on forums and old.reddit.com as social media. if i had used reddit as a promotional tool for like my instagram business or as part of a personal brand I’m proving, yeah that would be very different.
IME real social media people are those who have basically internalized the concept of self branding and see their lives as entirely performative for their audience, whether that be internet strangers or their real life friend group.
Exactly. The fun part of social media is(/was) finding people you know IRL and having an extra way to interact. The fun part of internet forums is finding people you didn’t know before and learning new stuff.
yeah i used social media when it was a IRL friend circle, but that’s not how any of those platforms work anymore, they are all about selling you product via viral ads.
Yeah. To me social media is specifically visual platforms where you are selling a personality.
but let’s not mistake ourselves, the majority of internet use is social media use and has been for a decade. and it’s predominantly accessed via mobile devices, not computers.
I tell people I don’t use social media at all but I’m actually on the Fediverse.
Why don’t you invite them to Lemmy?
I actually have to a few people - But the big rebuttal seems to be ‘why would I switch from [big social media with “large reach” and near infinite content] to this?’
If they don’t really grasp at the main appeal of the fediverse, which is that its not owned by corporations, then they likely will not move over. (and of course, most of their friends are on [big social media])
This is anti-social media, it doesn’t count.
Social media for people that hate social media.
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unless you’re branding your posts here with your real name and trying to monetize it, you’re not really using social media in the way most folks mean it in 2026.
social media is when it’s tied to your real life identity and your body, it’s not anonymous posting on forums or message boards, which lemmy is more in the vein of.
I don’t think anyone would regard my posts on forums and old.reddit.com as social media. if i had used reddit as a promotional tool for like my instagram business or as part of a personal brand I’m proving, yeah that would be very different.
IME real social media people are those who have basically internalized the concept of self branding and see their lives as entirely performative for their audience, whether that be internet strangers or their real life friend group.
Exactly. The fun part of social media is(/was) finding people you know IRL and having an extra way to interact. The fun part of internet forums is finding people you didn’t know before and learning new stuff.
yeah i used social media when it was a IRL friend circle, but that’s not how any of those platforms work anymore, they are all about selling you product via viral ads.
This has honestly become a pet peeve of mine. At this point anything that has an internet connection is being called social media.
Yeah. To me social media is specifically visual platforms where you are selling a personality.
but let’s not mistake ourselves, the majority of internet use is social media use and has been for a decade. and it’s predominantly accessed via mobile devices, not computers.